Conceived in 1939 as a way to keep audiences warm during intermissions, the Hot Stove League brought well-known hockey writers together in a small studio to gab about the game on Hockey Night in Canada radio broadcasts. The popular segment eventually made the move to television before being shelved in 1957.

With the help of modern technology, we're throwing a few fresh logs on the fire. Drawing from the hours of interviews conducted for Hockey: A People's History, we've selected the most intriguing insights from the brightest hockey minds of today and organized them under a variety of topics: